diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstrtpbasepayload.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstrtpbasepayload.c
index fd50f7288b..fb403e9796 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstrtpbasepayload.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstrtpbasepayload.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (rtpbasepayload_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT (rtpbasepayload_debug)
 
-static gboolean enable_experimental_twcc = FALSE;
-
 struct _GstRTPBasePayloadPrivate
 {
   gboolean ts_offset_random;
@@ -259,9 +257,6 @@ gst_rtp_base_payload_class_init (GstRTPBasePayloadClass * klass)
   gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
   gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
 
-  if (g_getenv ("GST_RTP_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_TWCC_PROPERTY"))
-    enable_experimental_twcc = TRUE;
-
   if (private_offset != 0)
     g_type_class_adjust_private_offset (klass, &private_offset);
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/libs/rtpbasepayload.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/libs/rtpbasepayload.c
index 49a7058f70..a7cfa46ffd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/libs/rtpbasepayload.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tests/check/libs/rtpbasepayload.c
@@ -2316,8 +2316,6 @@ rtp_basepayloading_suite (void)
   Suite *s = suite_create ("rtp_base_payloading_test");
   TCase *tc_chain = tcase_create ("payloading tests");
 
-  g_setenv ("GST_RTP_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_TWCC_PROPERTY", "1", TRUE);
-
   tcase_set_timeout (tc_chain, 60);
 
   suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);